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Warming Pacific fuels fears of powerful El Niño event
El Niño is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that can cause...
Beyond Brexit: Britain’s financial sector charts a new course
“I did believe the City would have another life after Brexit, but I...
Trump says Iran and Oman will not control Strait of Hormuz, deal remains elusive
Trump's comments came after Iranian state TV reported that it had obtained an unofficial draft of an agreement that would restore commercial shipping through the strategic waterway to prewar levels within a month, with Iran and Oman jointly managing traffic. That...
US launches new strikes as talks stall,Iran says strikes violate ceasefire
Marco Rubio,U.S. Secretary of State Following strikes against targets that the U.S. said included boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on his plane in India's Jaipur that the Strait of Hormuz had...
Private credit losses could hurt insurers more than banks, ECB warns
Private credit has been rattled in recent months by concerns about overspending on artificial intelligence, the technology’s disruptive power notably as regards the software industry and doubts over lending standards.The ECB said that the upstart industry in isolation...
OpenAI’s Altman says AI unlikely to trigger ‘Jobs Apocalypse’
Sam Altman,CEO,OpenAI Sam Altman said he and his executives had been “roughly right” on the technological predictions made by OpenAI when it launched ChatGPT in 2022. But he said they were “pretty wrong” on the social and economic implications. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman...
Swiss Re appoints market heads in different regions
Rafael Schneider,Market Head, Germany, will become Market Head Mediterranean & Middle East.He will be succeeded in this role by Kristina Franke. Zurich:Following last month's announcement about Anna Ziswiler's move to Asia, Swiss Re has announced the new market...
Aon appoints Christian Hoffman as global CEO of Commercial Risk
Christian Hoffman, Global CEO, Commercial Risk, Aon In this role, Hoffman will lead Aon’s global Commercial Risk business, advancing the firm’s strategy to help clients navigate increasing volatility by connecting their complex risk needs with the most efficient forms...
WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak outpacing response efforts
“We are now playing catch-up with a very fast-moving epidemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday during a virtual briefing of African health ministers. “At the moment, the epidemic is outpacing us.” Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic...
Iran would open Strait of Hormuz 30 days after peace deal
The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though U.S. President Donald Trump said...
Direct carbon pricing covers nearly one third of global emissions, raises over $107 billion in government revenue
The World Bank report shows that all large middle-income economies have now either implemented or are planning direct carbon pricing instruments, with the most significant developments in the past year in India and Viet Nam WASHINGTON: Carbon pricing revenues have...
Airbus, Air France convicted of corporate manslughter over 2009 Atlantic Crash
Airbus and Air France both said they would appeal to France’s highest court, ignoring pleas from the relatives. The trial exposed bitter divisions between the airline and planemaker over the cause of the accident and a gulf between a civil crash report that focused...